UNICEF and the Global Goals

UNICEF is committed to doing all it can to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in partnership with governments, civil society, business, academia and the United Nations family – and especially children and young people.

Bellamy addresses UN budget committee on staff security NEW YORK, 4 November 2004 - "Today our staff face an unprecedented level of risks and threats. Since January 1, 1992, 219 civilian staff members have lost their lives due to acts of violence. (...) The situation cries out for action."

Carol Bellamy remarks on Iraq School Survey GENEVA, 15 October 2004 - "It’s a major milestone for Iraq because it is the new government’s first comprehensive look at what’s happening in a key social sector," said UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy.

Statement by Bellamy on launch of the Vitamin & Mineral DAR report for ChinaBEIJING, 3 September 2004 - Speaking at the Beijing launch of the “Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency: A Damage Assessment Report for China”, UNICEF’s Executive Director Carol Bellamy praised the Government of China and the Ministry of Health for their extraordinary efforts to reach over 90 per cent of China’s 1.3 billion population with iodized salt, protecting a total of 133 million infants from brain damage due to iodine deficiency over the last ten years.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director to Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict NEW YORK, 20 January 2004 - Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF today condemned the appalling violations of the rights of children in times of war. Addressing the annual Security Council meeting on children in armed conflict, she called on Council members to work harder to end the use of child soldiers, the killing and maiming of children, abductions, attacks on schools and hospitals, and sexual violence against boys and girls.

Carol Bellamy in Jo'berg on Africa's orphaned generation "We are here to sound a new and more urgent alarm over what is arguably the most neglected crisis spawned by HIV/AIDS pandemic – the plight of millions of profoundly vulnerable children who have lost one or both parents to the disease – and the long-term threat that the situation poses to peace and security, not only in sub-Saharan Africa, but worldwide...

Carol Bellamy opens 2nd session of UNICEF's Executive Board NEW YORK, 15 September 2003 - The Executive Board is the governing body of UNICEF. It is responsible for providing inter-governmental support to and supervision of the activities of UNICEF, in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Marking Afghanistan's 2nd annual back to school launch Carol Bellamy had planned to visit Afghanistan to mark the return to school of an expected 4 million primary school children. Due to the prevailing situation elsewhere in the region, her visit was postponed. This statement was due to have been delivered on the occasion of the Back to School 2003 launch at Amani High School.